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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 175, NO. 43 | Friday March 23, 2012
The final countdown: The
limited L.A. run of Rock of Ages
wows with spectacle. PAGE 5
Home court: No. 2 USC takes on
George Mason today at 7 p.m. in
the Galen Center. PAGE 12
weather
today
hi 63
lo 50
tomorrow
hi 63
lo 52
Ani Kolangian | Daily Trojan
Long-running joke
Alli Jennings (left), a freshman majoring in theatre, asks Tommy Flemming, a junior majoring in theatre, for her
pet snail back as he threatens to eat it in a scene for Commedus Interruptus. The improvisational comedy group
performed nonstop for 24 hours in front of Bovard Auditorium on Thursday to raise money for the group.
Campaign
By Ashley Song
Daily Trojan
The Ostrow School of Dentistry is
launching a fundraising campaign to
raise $115 million over the next sev-en
years.
The initiative launch is in conjunc-tion
with the school’s 115th anniver-sary
and is one of the largest fundrais-ing
endeavors of a dental institution
in the U.S. The fundraiser is also part
of the comprehensive Campaign for
USC, a fundraising drive seeking to
raise $6 billion for the university.
The school plans to use the money
to fund scholarships, recruit and re-tain
faculty, build facilities and care
for patients.
Calen Ouellette, director of de-velopment
and alumni relations for
Ostrow, said the fundraising initia-tive
will focus on articulating these
goals to the public.
“There’s a strong communica-tion
component to [the campaign]
where we’re making sure our alumni
and friends know what’s happening
within the school and know what our
objectives are,” Oullette said.
The funds will mainly be used
to provide student scholarships,
Ouellette said.
“We want to make sure we’re able
to recruit students, to keep students
and to reward or recognize students
with our scholarships if they’ve done
a great job,” Ouellette said. “We want
them to go out into the profession,
make an impact, and one of the last
concerns they should have is how
they are going to pay back the school.”
In addition, the money raised
from the campaign will seek to in-crease
the number of faculty mem-bers
and improve facilities, said Beth
Dunham, an editor in the Ostrow
Office of Public Relations.
“Endowed faculty support [means]
recruiting and retaining faculty as
well as bringing in new experts,”
Dunham said. “Better use of clinical
space, better learning spaces for our
students, better research bases and
more — it’s all really important for
supporting student education as well
as our research initiatives.”
The fundraising campaign will
seek to develop patient care in order
Dental school aims
to raise $115 million
The school plans to use the
money for scholarships, faculty
recruitment and patient care.
| see ostrow, page 2 |
By Annalise Mantz
Daily Trojan
Experts discussed how the perception of
Muslim Americans has become politicized
since September 11, 2001, on Thursday at
Muslims in America: Identity, Politics and
Engagement, a panel sponsored by the
Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics.
Both Muslim and non-Muslim students
and faculty attended the panel, which
focused on the high-stakes politics of
an election year and the social climate
surrounding the 10-year anniversary of the
Sept. 11 attacks.
Panelist Sherman Jackson, a professor
of religion and American studies and
ethnicity King Faisal Chair in Islamic
Thought and Culture, said turning the
Islamic culture into a political issue is part
of the problem.
“This is a culture in which we have
politicized everything,” Jackson said.
He said politicians use lingering fear
of terrorism and ignorance of the Muslim
culture to polarize voters on certain issues.
Moderator Dan Schnur, director of the
Unruh Institute, said this tactic is the
opposite of what politicians should do.
“For years and years, the primary way
the candidates have gotten elected was
through the efforts of persuasion of voters
on the other side of the aisle,” Schnur said.
“Instead, now those candidates on both
Experts say Muslim Americans politicized
Sherman Jackson, a professor of
religion, says politicians polarize
ignorant voters who fear terrorists.
| see Muslims, page 3 |
REligion
Ani Kolangian | Daily Trojan
Mosque and state · Najeeba Syeed-Miller (left), an assistant professor at the Claremont School of Theology, Sherman Jackson
(center), a USC professor of religion, and Unruh Institute Director Dan Schnur (right) discuss how politics have affected U.S. Muslims.
By Austin Byron
Daily Trojan
Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, collectors of African
art and historical documents, spoke about their
collection and life experiences in an event sponsored
by the USC Black Alumni Association, along with
USC Spectrum on Thursday at Bovard Auditorium.
The event, An Evening of Art and Legacy, helped
raise funds to contribute to scholarships for USC’s
black students.
Bernard and Shirley Kinsey are a Los Angeles
couple who have used their financial resources
to contribute to philanthropy, art, history and
education.
President C. L. Max Nikias spoke about the couple’s
collection of African art in an opening statement
for the event and said the exhibit helps individuals
understand the history of African Americans.
“As a powerful cultural assembly, the Kinsey
Collection tells us stories through things, but it also
tells us things through stories,” Nikias said. “These
pieces of African-Americana [track] a history of
resilience over racism [and] dignity over despair.”
The event was established by the USC Black Alumni
Association as a fundraiser for student scholarships.
Shirley Kinsey said the event will help USC attract
and support future and current black students.
“With the finances you all provided tonight, [the
Black Alumni Association] will be able to add to their
scholarship fund, so that USC can continue to attract
and maintain some of America’s best and brightest
black students,” Kinsey said. “The students who are
Historical artifact
collectors discuss
documents, life
Money raised from the event will be used to fund
scholarships for the Black Alumni Association.
| see Kinsey, page 3 |
Spectrum

Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 175, NO. 43 | Friday March 23, 2012
The final countdown: The
limited L.A. run of Rock of Ages
wows with spectacle. PAGE 5
Home court: No. 2 USC takes on
George Mason today at 7 p.m. in
the Galen Center. PAGE 12
weather
today
hi 63
lo 50
tomorrow
hi 63
lo 52
Ani Kolangian | Daily Trojan
Long-running joke
Alli Jennings (left), a freshman majoring in theatre, asks Tommy Flemming, a junior majoring in theatre, for her
pet snail back as he threatens to eat it in a scene for Commedus Interruptus. The improvisational comedy group
performed nonstop for 24 hours in front of Bovard Auditorium on Thursday to raise money for the group.
Campaign
By Ashley Song
Daily Trojan
The Ostrow School of Dentistry is
launching a fundraising campaign to
raise $115 million over the next sev-en
years.
The initiative launch is in conjunc-tion
with the school’s 115th anniver-sary
and is one of the largest fundrais-ing
endeavors of a dental institution
in the U.S. The fundraiser is also part
of the comprehensive Campaign for
USC, a fundraising drive seeking to
raise $6 billion for the university.
The school plans to use the money
to fund scholarships, recruit and re-tain
faculty, build facilities and care
for patients.
Calen Ouellette, director of de-velopment
and alumni relations for
Ostrow, said the fundraising initia-tive
will focus on articulating these
goals to the public.
“There’s a strong communica-tion
component to [the campaign]
where we’re making sure our alumni
and friends know what’s happening
within the school and know what our
objectives are,” Oullette said.
The funds will mainly be used
to provide student scholarships,
Ouellette said.
“We want to make sure we’re able
to recruit students, to keep students
and to reward or recognize students
with our scholarships if they’ve done
a great job,” Ouellette said. “We want
them to go out into the profession,
make an impact, and one of the last
concerns they should have is how
they are going to pay back the school.”
In addition, the money raised
from the campaign will seek to in-crease
the number of faculty mem-bers
and improve facilities, said Beth
Dunham, an editor in the Ostrow
Office of Public Relations.
“Endowed faculty support [means]
recruiting and retaining faculty as
well as bringing in new experts,”
Dunham said. “Better use of clinical
space, better learning spaces for our
students, better research bases and
more — it’s all really important for
supporting student education as well
as our research initiatives.”
The fundraising campaign will
seek to develop patient care in order
Dental school aims
to raise $115 million
The school plans to use the
money for scholarships, faculty
recruitment and patient care.
| see ostrow, page 2 |
By Annalise Mantz
Daily Trojan
Experts discussed how the perception of
Muslim Americans has become politicized
since September 11, 2001, on Thursday at
Muslims in America: Identity, Politics and
Engagement, a panel sponsored by the
Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics.
Both Muslim and non-Muslim students
and faculty attended the panel, which
focused on the high-stakes politics of
an election year and the social climate
surrounding the 10-year anniversary of the
Sept. 11 attacks.
Panelist Sherman Jackson, a professor
of religion and American studies and
ethnicity King Faisal Chair in Islamic
Thought and Culture, said turning the
Islamic culture into a political issue is part
of the problem.
“This is a culture in which we have
politicized everything,” Jackson said.
He said politicians use lingering fear
of terrorism and ignorance of the Muslim
culture to polarize voters on certain issues.
Moderator Dan Schnur, director of the
Unruh Institute, said this tactic is the
opposite of what politicians should do.
“For years and years, the primary way
the candidates have gotten elected was
through the efforts of persuasion of voters
on the other side of the aisle,” Schnur said.
“Instead, now those candidates on both
Experts say Muslim Americans politicized
Sherman Jackson, a professor of
religion, says politicians polarize
ignorant voters who fear terrorists.
| see Muslims, page 3 |
REligion
Ani Kolangian | Daily Trojan
Mosque and state · Najeeba Syeed-Miller (left), an assistant professor at the Claremont School of Theology, Sherman Jackson
(center), a USC professor of religion, and Unruh Institute Director Dan Schnur (right) discuss how politics have affected U.S. Muslims.
By Austin Byron
Daily Trojan
Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, collectors of African
art and historical documents, spoke about their
collection and life experiences in an event sponsored
by the USC Black Alumni Association, along with
USC Spectrum on Thursday at Bovard Auditorium.
The event, An Evening of Art and Legacy, helped
raise funds to contribute to scholarships for USC’s
black students.
Bernard and Shirley Kinsey are a Los Angeles
couple who have used their financial resources
to contribute to philanthropy, art, history and
education.
President C. L. Max Nikias spoke about the couple’s
collection of African art in an opening statement
for the event and said the exhibit helps individuals
understand the history of African Americans.
“As a powerful cultural assembly, the Kinsey
Collection tells us stories through things, but it also
tells us things through stories,” Nikias said. “These
pieces of African-Americana [track] a history of
resilience over racism [and] dignity over despair.”
The event was established by the USC Black Alumni
Association as a fundraiser for student scholarships.
Shirley Kinsey said the event will help USC attract
and support future and current black students.
“With the finances you all provided tonight, [the
Black Alumni Association] will be able to add to their
scholarship fund, so that USC can continue to attract
and maintain some of America’s best and brightest
black students,” Kinsey said. “The students who are
Historical artifact
collectors discuss
documents, life
Money raised from the event will be used to fund
scholarships for the Black Alumni Association.
| see Kinsey, page 3 |
Spectrum